#!/usr/bin/env python
# Filename: backup_ver1.py

import os
import time

# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list.
#source=['/home/swaroop/byte','/home/swaroop/bin']
# If you are using Windows, use source=[r'C:\Documents',r'D:\Work'] or something like that
source=['D:\\Users\\Albert\\SkyDrive\\Document\\src\\Python','D:\\hello\\']

# 2. The backup must be stored in a main backup directory
target_dir='C:\\' #Remember to change this to what you will be using

# 3. The files are backed up into a zip file
# 4. The name of the zip archive is the current date and time
target=target_dir+time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')+'.zip'

# 5. We use the zip command (in Unix/Linux) to put the files in a zip archive
zip_command="gzip -qr '%s' %s " %(target,' '.join(source))
print zip_command
# Run the backup
if os.system(zip_command)==0:
	print 'Successful backup to',target
else:
	print 'Backup FAILED'
os.system("pause")

i=1024*1024*1024
for m in range(0,i):
        pass
print "end\n"
